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The seattle seahawks. now he didn't start playing football until seventh grade. because his mom really didn't want him to. >> i was just a normal kid, going out there and trying to play football. >> the dream of making it to the pros began in high school. there, he was ranked the number two fullback in the nation by espn. >> i wasn't really thinking about it so much until maybe my senior year. i was just going out there and playing hard. i just wanted to play. >> next stop, ucla, where he was a running back for four years. his college career ended with a degree in political science, and now th...